View log files in windows command prompt similar to tail command in linux

Question

Is there a command similar to tail command in linux to view log files in windows. Linux Command: $ tail -f /var/log/syslog -f /var/log/myLog.log.

Possible duplicate of [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4426442/unix-tail-equivalent-command-in-windows-powershell](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4426442/unix-tail-equivalent-command-in-windows-powershell) — Sanket Parmar, Jun 17 '14 at 05:36

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 12 '21 at 22:42

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you can use

type name-of-logfile.log | more

edited Jul 12 '21 at 22:42

Sven Eberth

answered Jul 12 '21 at 02:44

Mitchell Rodgers

Sam-Graham · Answer 2 · 2014-06-19T00:30:24.187

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This works in Powershell. Replace [filename] with file,

Get-Content [filename] -Wait

edited Jun 19 '14 at 00:30

answered Jun 17 '14 at 05:28

Sam-Graham

For the above command i can't follow the update in log file that use to be done using -f in tail command. – user3724677 Jun 17 '14 at 05:38
Used the following command:Get-Content -Path C:\wamp\www\tt\app\tmp\logs\error.log -Wait -Tail 10 Error: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Tail' – user3724677 Jun 18 '14 at 04:51

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 17 '14 at 07:23

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You can download UnxUtils from here which include tail command and other unix commands

answered Jun 17 '14 at 07:23

Rahul R Dhobi

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